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"Well, hell........looks like they took the sawdust out of Ol' Roy! When did that happen?"

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I remember as a little kid, ole Roy was the s***! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

As long as we are talking kibble, my dogs are doing very well on Canidae "All Life Stages".

Great health, appearance, coat, energy, and solid consistent stool.

Canidae is an excellent kibble. The best 'bang for the buck' in my opinion.

Thats exactly what I use and my dogs love it and are doing more than excellent on it, they are staying lean and healthy looking.

just to add in my 2 cents ... Costco has a really good dog food, great ingrediants ... 40lbs for less'n 20 bucks ... my next choice is a new brand called 'Dog lovers Gold' Not to be mixed up with 'Solid Gold' they are two completely different companies ... this brand, however, is a little more spendy, 35lbs for 30 dollars ...

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just to add in my 2 cents ... Costco has a really good dog food, great ingrediants ... 40lbs for less'n 20 bucks ... my next choice is a new brand called 'Dog lovers Gold' Not to be mixed up with 'Solid Gold' they are two completely different companies ... this brand, however, is a little more spendy, 35lbs for 30 dollars

I'd be leary of the Costco food; any time you're spending less than $0.75 per pound, there's a reason. Cheap foods contain cheap (ie: inferior or poor quality) ingredients. There isn't a Costco in my area, but I did an internet search to try and find some information on it. Is it 'Kirkland Signature' that you're referring to? If so, it's manufactured by Diamond and is what *I* call a middle-of-the-road food. Yes, at first glance the ingredients listing appears to be better than the average store brand. However, if you look at the guaranteed analysis, there's an excessive level of calcium and phosphorus in the food - much more than what is needed by an adult dog. Why? Chicken meat by itself (which is the first ingredient in Kirkland Signature) contains only 0.01% calcium (USDA Food Source website) Very little calcium comes from the grains and other ingredients, so how does a food end up with 1.3% calcium if chicken meat and grains etc contain only 0.01% calcium? Look at the second ingredient (chicken meal). The extra 1.29% comes from the ground up bone in the meat meals. The cheaper the meat meal, the greater the level of calcium in the food.

If $20 is all you can afford to spend on a 40 pound bag of dog food, then by all means, the Costco brand is preferable over other store brands. But if you're able to spend a little more, I'd say do it. In the long run, your dog will be healthier for it.

I still say Canidae is the best bang for the buck. $33 for a 40 pound bag that lasts 5 weeks for a 60 pound dog. Granted, she's not a working dog, so she eats less than a 60 pound working bitch (2 cups a day, to be exact), but if you do the math, I'm actually spending less on Canidae (even though it costs more per bag) than I would be spending on something like Eukanuba or Pedigree, or even Purina Pro Plan or ONE. Reason being that because Canidae contains higher quality, more digestible ingredients, my dog requires less of it than she would of the other brands mentioned in order to stay in the same condition she's in now.

I will not be replying anymore to this thread, because it's getting off the original topic, but I did just want to throw this little bit of info out there for y'all to mull over. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Kristen,

How is Wellness in comparision to Canidae? I feed RAW with some Wellness to my puppy.

Whow....and I was going to switch from Wellness to Solid Gold starting next week. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Regards,
Rashmi

Rashmi, I sent you a PM.
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